How Creative is Creativity

Jacob Mauger

 

“Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.” — Albert Einstein

Creativity is important to the world in advancing and progressing. For example in 1949 popular mechanics said "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.” But today you can easily carry one around. This happened because some one had the creativity in computers. Lord Kelvin, president of Royal Society, 1895 said, "Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible." But now today we have airplanes form the creativity of the Wright brothers. I believe that everyone needs to be creative so the world can advance into something better.

Sometimes people call creative ideas crazy or impossible. There was one time I had an idea and someone called it crazy. I knew my idea would work so I stuck with it. It was when I was in a competition and I had to make something to hold a 30 pound weight for the longest time given materials to use.  I created something that was different from everybody else. Other people called it “crazy and wont work.” I told them that “I think my project will work.” When the competition was over I won. So now I believe that creativity is important to advancing the world.

If you have an idea stick with it because what would the world be like if Karl Benz did not stick with his idea of a car or if Benjamin Franklin did not stick with his idea of electricity? Because of these and so many more people who are creative and stuck with there ideas the world has become what it is today. Even if it is something small like adding an extra ingredient to a recipe to see if it makes it better. You were creative enough to do it and wonder.

If you have something creative and different share it. It could be the next big thing. Everything starts somewhere from some creative person. To be creative you do not have to do it alone. Sharing and researching an idea with more people only makes an idea better. A lot of creative inventors and people did it with the help of others. It is always good to get help from other people. Looking up what other people have done to help you with your discoveries is good, so you do not have to test for something already done.

With creativity comes pressure. People can and will put down your ideas. But you have to be able to say “no” to them and say “I can do it and I will do it.” A person can take any idea as far as that person is willing to take it. I  This I believe creativity is contagious. Pass it on.